India, April 6 -- A Delhi court on Friday initiated perjury proceedings against a woman, stating that she had falsely accused a man of raping her inside a hotel in 2019.

Additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal of Tis Hazari court, in an order passed on April 4, pulled up the complainant for her "habit of filing false molestation complaints" in the past.

The court noted that the woman did not mention forceful sexual assault during the trial, which suggests that there was consent in the relationship.

The complainant is a resident of Ujjain and claimed that the incident happened in Delhi.

The judge observed that she had filed six similar complaints across different states in the past.

The court relied on a previous judgement where she ha...